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Find a Location

Design Within Reach has 6 locations, listed below.

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    • Design Within Reach

      711 Canal St Stamford, CT 06902-6094

    • Design Within Reach

      null Scottsdale, AZ 85254-2379

    • Design Within Reach

      1 Montgomery Street 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94104

    • Design Within Reach

      332A Santa Monica Blvd Santa Monica, CA 90401-2206

    • Design Within Reach

      151 University Ave Palo Alto, CA 94301-1632

    Business ProfileforDesign Within Reach

    Furniture Stores
    Multi Location Business

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 13 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    46 complaints closed in last 3 years

    12 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    Design Within Reach has 6 locations, listed below.

    *This company may be headquartered in or have additional locations in another country. Please click on the country abbreviation in the search box below to change to a different country location.

      Country
      Please enter a valid location.
      • Design Within Reach

        711 Canal St Stamford, CT 06902-6094

      • Design Within Reach

        null Scottsdale, AZ 85254-2379

      • Design Within Reach

        1 Montgomery Street 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94104

      • Design Within Reach

        332A Santa Monica Blvd Santa Monica, CA 90401-2206

      • Design Within Reach

        151 University Ave Palo Alto, CA 94301-1632

      Location of This Business
      711 Canal St, Stamford, CT 06902-6094
      BBB File Opened:
      9/12/2011
      Years in Business:
      19
      Business Started:
      5/14/2005
      Business Incorporated:
      2/14/2005
      Type of Entity:
      Corporation
      Alternate Business Name
      • Design Within Reach, Inc.
      Business Management
      • Mr. Lee Newell, Manager
      • Mr. John Edelman, CEO
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Mr. John Edelman, CEO

      Customer Contact

      • Mr. John Edelman, CEO
      Additional Contact Information

      Fax Numbers

      • (203) 614-0845
        Primary Fax

      Customer Complaints

      46 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      05/20/2024

      Complaint Type:
      Product Issues
      Status:
      Answered
      I purchased 2 bedside lamps. The lamps are shown on the site as bedside lamps. The product is either defective or of such poor quality, the neck broke with in a few months of installation. We may have hit our head on it once of twice, but we did not hurt out heads so the lamps certainly should not have broken. To my thinking to break the neck of a metal lamp one must do so deliberately!! It should not happen with regular use. DWR will do nothing to compensate us. I fear the same thing will happen with a replacement, but I am willing to try that, They said we can take it to be repaired. (get the electrician to uninstall it, send it for repair and then get it back will cost what a new lamps would!) They should replace it. If I have to get the electrician here twice, I'd rather get a lamp that is actually made for the bedside and return this broken one and the one that is not yet broken. However, it this one lamp is defective, another one will not break. Other explanation is that these lamps are so fragile, they should not be installed next to a bed or anywhere that one might bump gently into it. DWR general does not like to take any responsibility for what they sell. I will not be buying from them again. They also have a lot of trouble with deliveries. They have lovely items and it is a shame that when something goes wrong, they cannot be bothered.
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      Customer Reviews

      13 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Natasha L

      1 star

      03/26/2024

      Returned rug 4 month ago and chair. No refund and no one can help. Contacted multiple times with no results. If you want to return you will never get refund!!! I want my money back.

      Design Within Reach Response

      03/27/2024

      Hi ********  Thank you for reviewing Design Within Reach. We are so sorry to hear that you haven't received a refund yet for your items! This is not the experience we want for any of our customers and we can certainly assist in making this right. A member from our management team has reached out to you via email to assist in providing the next steps to have this resolved. We look forward to hearing from you and, again, apologize for these inconveniences.

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